I went back to college last semester, 16 hours (5 classes). Missed my three children terribly (ages 2-7) and decided that I probably would never work outside the home as long as I had children there. The socialization was fun, though. But it was just two days a week. How on earth would I handle working full time? I had always planned on returning to work, but that one semester totally changed my mind.

I was missing a life, too. Then I realized that this IS my life! It's not what I had before, or what I had dreamed it would be, but I love it now and wouldn't change it. Sorta a "don't know what you got til it's gone" type of thing. But I realized it before it was gone.